North Vernon brothers accused in murder-for-hire

A pair of North Vernon brothers and their Crothersville cousin are being accused in a pair of murders last year in Scott County. That’s according to the North Vernon Plain Dealer and Sun newspaper.

The newspaper reports that Michele Brewer and Jesse Bowling were found shot to death in March 2016 in Brewer’s Lexington home. Police told the newspaper that Brewer had been working as a drug informant.

57-year-old Roger McIntosh, of Crothersville, is accused of hiring his North Vernon cousins, 52-year-old David and 54-year-old Phillip McIntosh, to kill Brewer. Bowling was visiting the home at the time of the murder and was also killed, the newspaper reports.

The paper reports that Roger McIntosh is already serving a drug trafficking sentence. He and Philip McIntosh are facing charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and obstruction of justice. David McIntosh is being charged with murder and conspiracy.

The brothers were arrested recently and are being held in the Scott County Jail